Mark Stoneman the sole positive as Durham are rained off

Rain restricted Durham to just 14 overs at the crease yesterday, as their 50-over game with Middlesex was washed out

Mark Stoneman had almost reached what would have been a deserved half-century when Durham’s Royal London Cup tie with Middlesex Panthers was rained off after 14 overs at the Riverside.

The skipper hit three successive sixes in the second over to kick-start Durham’s innings, the remnants of Hurricane Bertha always a threat to the play with heavy rain having been forecast well in advance.

When it duly landed it left both sides with one point each from the day in a congested push towards the later stages of the competition, which sees Durham due to host Nottinghamshire on Tuesday.

In the brief action that was possible before the weather intervened, Stoneman was the sole positive for a wasteful Durham side, hitting 46 of their eventual 56 runs.

Phil Mustard edged one to second slip for just three, and Calum MacLeod went lbw for a duck.

Ben Stokes marked his inclusion in the England squad by carelessly offering an outside edge to Toby Roland-Jones, heading back to the pavilion without a run to his name .

Paul Collingwood arrived at the crease to offer some assistance and stood on seven not-out by the time the rain arrived but, with no let-up in the weather, that was as far as things went.

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